Rail-support



0. VALERI.

RAIL SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-8,1919.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

OLINDO' VALERI, OF ROME, ITALY.

BAIL-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

Application filed December 8, 1919. Serial No. 343,340.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLINDO VALnRr, a subject of the King of Italy, and residing at 22 Lungotevere Prath Rome Italy, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bail-Supports, of which. the following is a specification.

The invention relates to railway ties and its object is to avoid the drawbacks which are frequently met with where the rails are laid directly on a cementitious mass forming, for example, the substructure of the rails.

According to this invention, the rail is supported on the cementitious mass by aid of interposed wooden blocks which damp the oscillations produced by the wheels of a train and thus assure a greater resistance of the cementitious mass and of the rails.

The object of the invention is to construct these wooden blocks so that they may effectively resist the dynamic influences.

The invention is shown in the annexed drawing in which- Figure 1 is a cross section of a rail showing the wooden block in elevation,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section in a plane tangent to the inner surface of the tie,

Fig. 3 shows the tie seen from above.

In the drawing, 1 is a wooden block, 1 the substructure of cement or the like, 2 is a base plate which sustains the rail, 3 is a bend in the base plate 2 intended to protect the lateral surfaces of the block, at are laterally arranged plates which form a guide for the rail and are provided with bends 3, 5 are securing means between 2 and 4, 6 is the rail and 7, 7 are bolts which fasten the rail to the tie.

The tie thus obtained offers a great resistance on account of the plates 2, L whose bent ends 3, 3 cover the lateralvertical faces of the blocks for nearly half their height.

If wood is interposed between the rails and a rigid substructure, it has been found that the pressure of the wheels of the train together with other outside agents causes the block to break away first at the corners and gradually throughout the whole mass.

This drawback is avoided by the above described structure on account of the plates with their bends and the whole tie therefore has a longer life.

What I claim is:

A rail support having an underlying cementitious sub-structure, comprising a wooden block, a plate arranged on the upper surface of the block and directly supporting the rail, the ends of said plate being turned down onto the side surface of the block, spaced strips secured on said plate and engaging the edges of the rail flange, the ends of said strips being bent down to overlie the ends of the block, means for securing said strips and plate together, and means passing through said strips, plate and block to overlie the rail flanges to fix the rail in position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses this 12th day of November, 1919.

OLINDO VALERI.

Witnesses ANGELO CANAFFORIS, CoRnLLo FONTANO. 

